Jill: What you point out is exactly what makes my point. Family Tree is on the Labs website. By its own statement on the site, the Labs website is a site for programs being developed that have not been fully released or implemented yet. The Labs own web site states.. "FamilySearch Labs showcases new family history technologies that aren't ready for prime time. Your feedback will help us refine new ideas and bring them to market sooner. Have fun playing with these innovations and send your feedback directly to our development teams." Yes, NFS and even the Famly Search Record Search are on the Labs site and they are being implemented and used right now. Technically, they have been "released" or "implemented" but what I meant by "introduction phase" might have been better termed "fully implemented." NFS and records search and Family Tree are stated by the Labs as still under development. You'll notice, though, that indexing of the records is listed as "released" while the others are still listed as "current projects" I take "current projects" to mean they are still tweaking (which they are NFS and Family Tree), while " released" means just that. So, while NFS and Family Tree are being widely used, they havent been fully "released" or "implemented." You are probably correct though that they have been "introduced." > From: jncrandell@broadweave.net > To: lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com > Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:43:49 -0600 > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] NFS in Utah > > Ray wrote: > You are under the wrong impression. New NFS is being taught. Family Tree is > not in the introduction phase yet. > > Ray, maybe I'm using the wrong terminology. You are saying essentially what > I thought I said, so I'm not under the wrong impression. NFS is the main > program right now that we are currently using. Family Tree is where this is > going, but it is not fully programmed yet. I don't know how you can say it > isn't in the introduction phase yet when it has been on the Labs website for > a very long time. Most of the people I know are using both programs at this > point, trying to use whichever one has the better function for what they are > trying to do. Eventually, Family Tree will be fully programmed and the > official transition will begin. Steve commented that Family Tree is > difficult to use, and I agree. I'm hopeful that with feedback it will > continue to improve, and part of the problem is because it is not yet fully > functional. Right now, when I want to clear names, I go to Family Tree to > look at a VERY nice list of what I have reserved. If I want to do all of the > ordinances for a person, I clear it in Family Tree. If I only want to create > an FOR for a few ordinances of an individual, I clear it in NFS where I can > select specific ordinances. I am assuming that the selection feature will be > added to Family Tree as well. There are many things in Family Tree that are > not yet ready for full release, thus my statement that we will be teaching > two programs for awhile--nFS and Family Tree. > > Jill Crandell > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message